RESOLUTION NO. 050246
Amending the Downtown Industrial
Area Plan for an area of approximately 42 acres generally bounded by 18th
Street on the north, Cherry Street and the north-south alley east of Cherry
Street on the east, 20th Street and the KC Terminal tracks on the south and the
north-south alley west of Grand Boulevard on the west, to allow for an
expansion in allowed uses by changing the recommended land use from light
industry and mixed use to mixed use (residential, commercial and light
industrial). (211-S-8)
WHEREAS, on June
15, 1978, the City Council by Resolution No. 49188 adopted the Downtown
Industrial Area Plan being the Plan for development and redevelopment of that
area bounded by I-35 on the north, the Terminal Railroad tracks on the south,
Troost Avenue on the east and Southwest Trafficway on the west; and
WHEREAS, said
Downtown Industrial Area Plan was amended on June 25, 1998, through the
adoption of Resolution No. 980549; was amended on January 13, 2000, through the
adoption of Resolution No. 991627; was amended on August 29, 2002, through the
adoption of Resolution No. 020942; was amended on February 20, 2003, through
the adoption of Resolution No. 030117; and was further amended on July 1, 2004,
through the adoption of Resolution No. 040576; and
WHEREAS, after
further review by the City Development Department, it has been deemed
appropriate to further amend the Downtown Industrial Area Plan as it affects
that area generally bounded by 18th Street on the north, Cherry Street and the
north-south alley east of Cherry Street on the east, 20th Street and the KC
Terminal tracks on the south and the north-south alley west of Grand Boulevard
on the west, to allow for an expansion in allowed uses by changing the recommended
land use from light industry and mixed use to mixed use (residential,
commercial and light industrial); and
WHEREAS, public
notice of a hearing was published for the City Plan Commission Hearing on
November 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the
City Plan Commission considered such amendment to the Proposed Land Use Plan
and Map on November 16, 2004; and
WHEREAS, after
all interested persons were given an opportunity to present testimony, the City
Plan Commission did on November 16, 2004, make its recommendation on the
proposed amendment to the Downtown Industrial Area Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section A. That
the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is hereby amended as to the Proposed Land Use
Plan and Map for that area generally bounded by 18th Street on the north,
Cherry Street and the north-south alley east of Cherry Street on the east, 20th
Street and the KC Terminal tracks on the south and the north-south alley west
of Grand Boulevard on the west, to allow for an expansion in allowed uses by
changing the recommended land use from light industry and mixed use to mixed
use (residential, commercial and light industrial). A copy of the amendment
to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map of the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is
attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.
Section B. That
the amendment to the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is consistent and complies
with the FOCUS Kansas City Plan, adopted on October 30, 1997 by Committee
Substitute 030117 for Resolution No. 971268, and is adopted as a supplement to
the FOCUS Kansas City Plan.
Section C. That
the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the above that
all public notices and hearings have been given and had.
____________________________________________________